Escrita por David
Bowie, foi gravada em 20 de junho de 1969 e lançada em 11 de julho
de 1969 em um compacto que tinha Wild eyed bou from freecloud como
Lado B. É uma das 500 canções que deram forma ao rock and roll do
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Foi inspirada pelo
filme 2001 uma odisséia no esaço, de Stanley Kubrick, de 1968, a
canção fala do lançamento ao espaço do Major Tom, um astronauta
fictício e foi lançada num período de grande interesse no espaço.
A Apollo 11 seria lançada em 5 dias depois que lançaram a música.
Rick Wakeman tocou
mellotron, Mick Wayne tocou guitarra, Herbie Flowers tocou baixo,
Terry cox tocou bateria, Toni Visconti tocou flauta e David Bowie
tocou violão e fez os vocais principais e os backing vocals. Chegou
ao número 5 nos charts britânicos. VH1 disse que ela era a número
60 das 100 maiores canções de rock. NME disse que ela era a númeo
26 dos maiores números 1 da história.
Foi regravada pelo
Duran Duran e Def Leppard, entre outros muitos artistas.
A letra:
Ground Control to
Major Tom
Ground Control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills
and put your helmet on
Ground Control to Major Tom
Commencing countdown,
engines on
Check ignition
and may God's love be with you
[spoken]
Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Liftoff
This is Ground Control
to Major Tom
You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it's time to leave the capsule
if you dare
This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating
in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do
Though I'm past
one hundred thousand miles
I'm feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much
she knows
Ground Control to Major Tom
Your circuit's dead,
there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you....
Here am I floating
round my tin can
Far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do.
Ground Control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills
and put your helmet on
Ground Control to Major Tom
Commencing countdown,
engines on
Check ignition
and may God's love be with you
[spoken]
Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Liftoff
This is Ground Control
to Major Tom
You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it's time to leave the capsule
if you dare
This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating
in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do
Though I'm past
one hundred thousand miles
I'm feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much
she knows
Ground Control to Major Tom
Your circuit's dead,
there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you....
Here am I floating
round my tin can
Far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do.
A versão de David
Bowie:
A versão de Mike
Masse e Jeff Hall:
A versão do
astronauta Chris Hadfield:
